Barnes & Noble Up 6%

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Sam Mamudi

Dec. 10, 2012 12:56 p.m. ET

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By

Sam Mamudi

Dec. 10, 2012 12:56 p.m. ET

Shares of Barnes & Noble Inc. (BKS) are up 6% this afternoon, another chapter in the bookseller's up-and-down year. The stock is only up 8% in 2012, but as the chart below shows, it's taken the long way round to get there.

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